REGIONAL-BOUND! | A list of ETBlitz.com-area track athletes headed to Friday’s regional meets

Regional track meets are this weekend, and that’s just one step away from the University Interscholastic League State Track & Field Championship the weekend of May 2-4, at the University of Texas in Austin.

Athletes from almost every single one of the high schools in the ETBlitz.com coverage area are competing this weekend at regional meets at Whitehouse, Bullard and Palestine in an effort to get to the big stage.

There is a monkey wrench thrown in the plans: Saturday, the weather here in East Texas is supposed to be – well, dreadful, according to KLTV Chief Meteorologist Katie Vossler (Home (kltv.com).

That’s already forced one of the meets – the meet in Palestine – to alter its plans, and condense the entire meet into one day. That’s the UIL Class 2A Region III meet, involving athletes from Overton High School.

You can see the meet’s schedule on the Energy Weldfab / ETBlitz.com Scoreboard (ENERGY WELDFAB / ETBLITZ.com Scoreboard), and here are the Overton athletes headed to regionals, and the events in which they’ll compete:

• Jayden Edwards in the boys long jump and the 200 meter dash.
• Christian Hall in the boys high jump.
• Bryce Still in the boys 800 meter run.
• Kaylee Stevens in the girls triple jump and the 100 meter hurdles.

Athletes from Kilgore and Henderson will be at Bullard ISD’s Panther Stadium at the UIL Class 4A Region III Championships. Again, now, the schedule could change due to the weather, especially on Saturday, but here are the athletes headed to regionals from Henderson and from Kilgore:

From Henderson:

• Giselle Alejandro in both the girls mile run (1,600 meter) and the two-mile run (3,200 meter).
• Makayla Sanders in the girls 100 meter hurdles.
• Ty White in the boys pole vault.

From Kilgore:

• Braydon Nelson in both the boys discus and the shot put.
• Cameron Christian in the boys shot put.
• Jacory Walton in the boys high jump.
• Luciano Brizuela in the boys mile run and in the two-mile run.
• Ruby Almanza in the girls 800 meter run and in the mile run.

Now, in the UIL Class 3A Region II Championships at Whitehouse Wildcat Stadium, there’s a huge list of ETBlitz-area athletes, because there are seven area schools represented. And here they are.

Regional qualifiers from Arp:

• Landry Langley in the girls discus.
• Ty Bardsley in the boys 800 meter run.

For Troup:

• Caden Claburn in the boys 100 meter dash.
• Trae Davis in the 200 meter dash and the long jump.
• Bryce Wallum in the long jump.
• Keshaun Kendrick in the 110 meter hurdles.
• The team of Brett Wells, Claburn, Wallum and Davis in the 400 meter relay and the 800 meter relay.
• A.J. Dewberry in the boys discus.
• Riley Blackmon in the boys pole vault.
• Hannah Cearley in the girls discus.
• Emory Cover in the girls high jump, the triple jump, and the 200 meter dash.
• Bailey Gipson in the girls pole vault.
• The team of Ja’Keira Davis, Cover, Zaquirah Jordan and Shiloh Sluder in the 800 meter relay.

For Tatum:

• Cayden Tatum in the boys high jump.
• Victor Cantellano in the boys mile run and in the two-mile run.
• Carson Gonzalez in the boys 400 meter run.
• Kam Beaty in the boys 300 meter hurdles.
• Kaysen Foster in the girls 100 meter hurdles, the high jump and the triple jump.
• Akeira Oden in the two-mile run.
• The girls mile relay team of Aundrea Bradley, Aaliyah Portley, Caitlyn Jones and Jayda Jones.

For White Oak:

• Jaxsen Ludow in the boys 400 meter run.
• Kyler Priest, Trevor Sizemore and Tyson McKinney, all in the pole vault.
• Logan Ladwig in the 100 meter dash.
• Scotty Breitenberg in the 300 meter hurdles.
• The boys 800 meter relay team of Ladwig, Kyler Williams, Sizemore and Ludlow.
• Lucas Frazier in the boys discus.
• Addison Milligan in the girls 400 meter run.
• Ally Tatum in the girls mile run and in the two-mile run.
• Addison Saccoccio in the 300 meter hurdles.
• The girls mile relay team of Milligan, Addison Clinkscales, Kylie Caraway and Saccoccio.
• Bella Baker in the girls discus.
• Clinkscales in the girls high jump.
• Johanna Pennington and Lizzy Still in the girls pole vault.

For Gladewater:

• Peyton Hunter in the girls 100 meter dash, the long jump, and the triple jump.
• Paytin Thompson in the 200 meter dash.
• Hadassah Balcorta in the 400 meter run.
• Hydie Collins in the 300 meter hurdles.
• The 400 meter relay and 800 relay team of Jerrica Gilmore, Thompson, Kyla Lincoln and Hunter.
• The mile meter relay team of Hayden Mumphrey, Collins, Balcorta and Adyson Evans.
• Karlee Moses in the girls shot put.
• Reagan Verner in the girls discus.
• Kingston Sheffield in the triple jump and the long jump.

For Sabine:

• Sarah Roberts in the girls 400 meter run.
• Emma Logan in the girls 800 meter run.
• Sadie Loftis and Logan in the mile run, and Loftis also in the two-mile run.
• Cale Brown and Kaitlynn Sanchez in the girls 100 meter hurdles.
• The mile relay team of Kooper Bogenschutz, Ella Roberts, Lillian Odle and Sarah Roberts.
• Bogenschutz in the girls pole vault.
• Luke Kirkindoll in the boys 400 meter run.
• Clayne Simmons in the boys 110 meter hurdles.
• The boys mile relay team of Terry Vanden, Garridon Edwards, Bryce Pobuda, and Kirkindoll.
• Sam Black in both the boys shot put and discus.
• Jonah Brewer in the boys shot.
• Hudson McNatt in the boys high jump.

For West Rusk:

• Brailen Mauldin in the boys 110 meter hurdles.
• Judson Dotson in the boys 200 meter dash and the long jump.
• David Molina in the boys 400 meter run.
• The boys 800 meter relay team of Brayden Wheat, Mauldin, Jase Reasoner and Dotson.
• The boys mile relay team of Paulin Martinez, Max Carillo, Xander Mason and Molina.
• Kason Reed in the boys shot and discus.
• Bella Mata in the girls 300 meter hurdles.
• Lakendra “Keke” Murphy in the girls 200 meter dash.
• Sophia Lacy in the girls 800 meter run.
• The team of Murphy, Kamyah Lacy, Mata and Chloe Petty in the girls 400 meter relay.
• Petty in the girls high jump and long jump.
• Gabby Coleman in the girls shot put.